fiber testing were carried out to ensure that the complete assembly would sustain the loads under sail. The DynaRig owes its origin to Wilhelm Prölss' research in the 1960s. The DynaRig consists of freestanding rotating masts with rigid yards and acts as a square rig. Each of Maltese Falcons masts supports six yards, which, unlike a conventional square rigger, have built-in camber of 12%. The fifteen square sails are set between the yards in such a way that when deployed there are no gaps in the sail plan of each mast, enabling them to act as a single airfoil. The furling sails are stored in the mast and can be deployed along tracks on the yards in 6 minutes. The sails are trimmed by rotating the masts. As there is no rigging, the masts and yards can be rotated without restriction for all points of sail, making Maltese Falcon a capable upwind clipper. The length of the masts measures approximately above the bottom bearing. As the rig can be tacked to allow flow in both directions, the mast rotates about deck and keel bearings and have symmetrical elliptical sections for better aerodynamics in both flows. Insensys also incorporated a fiber optical strain monitoring system into the spars to analyse real time loads under sail. A fiber Bragg grating system was embedded during wet layup of the carbonfiber structure. The loads are transmitted to the bridge monitors. Prizelist Maltese Falcon has received industry prizes from shipowners and the press. It has also won the Perini Navi Cup regattas on two occasions as well as the Palma Superyacht Cup in 2010. 2007 Boat International World SuperYacht Award – Best Sailing Yacht Interior 2007 Boat International World SuperYacht Award – Best Sailing Yacht 45m and above 2007 Boat International World SuperYacht Award – Sailing Yacht of the Year 2007 Showboats international Award – most innovative sailing yacht 2007 Showboats international Award – best sailing yacht over 40m 2007 Showboats international Award – best sailing yacht interior 2007 Showboats international Award – highest technical achievement in a sailing yacht 2007 International SuperYacht Society – best sailing yacht over 36m 2009 Perini Navi Cup 2010 Palma Superyacht Cup 2011 Perini Navi Cup David A. Kaplan's authorised biography Mine's Bigger: Tom Perkins and the Making of the Greatest Sailing Machine Ever Built won the Gerald Loeb Award for best business book of 2008. 2012 Yacht Capital